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Location:

Springtown,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 02, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Firsts:

  • First marathon - White Rock, Dallas, December 2005 (4:01)
  • First BQ - St George, 2007 (3:20)
  • First Boston - 2008 (3:30)
  • 1st Place Clydesdale - Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon - 4/2007
  • 1st Place Ultracentric 6-Hour Champ 2007 - 38.75 miles
  • 1st Time Leading Pace Group, Cowtown '09 (3:39:41)
  • 1st Place Overall, Porcupine Promenade 5K (20:10) - 4/2011
  • 1st Trail Race. Grasslands Half Marathon. 1st Overall Masters (1:53) - 3/2013
  • Leadville LT100 MTB '16 - on a mountain bike, but the toughest challenge, so far!

Marathons Run (27):

  • Dallas White Rock ('05, '07,'09,'14)
  • Chicago ('06, '08)
  • OK City Memorial ('07)
  • St George ('07,'09,'11)
  • Waco Miracle Match ('07)
  • Ft Worth, Cowtown ('08, '09,'10,'11,'12,'13,'15**)
  • Boston ('08 '09*, '10, '13)
  • Park City ('08)
  • San Antonio Rock 'n Roll ('08)
  • Steamboat ('09)
  • Utah Valley ('10)
  • Houston ('12)
  • * - PR

Ultras (3):

  • Ultracentric 6-Hours ('07 - 38.75 mi)
  • El Scorcho 50K, Ft Worth (('08, '09)

PRs:

  • 5K - 19:27 (6/2008)
  • 10K - 41:49 (5/2008)
  • 15K - 1:04:14 (9/2011)
  • Half Marathon - 1:33:12 (1/2011)
  • Marathon - 3:19:47 (Boston 4/2009)
  • 50K - 4:35:53 (7/2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep injury-free.

2016 Races

Ft Worth Cowtown Half Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be age-group competitive for many years!

Have fun running!

Make some great friends along the way!

Personal:

Married to the same wonderful woman since March 1988. 3 adorable kids.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asic Nimbus 8 Lifetime Miles: 502.00
VFF Trek Lifetime Miles: 98.10
Kohls Asics Lifetime Miles: 234.74
Asic Trailshoes Lifetime Miles: 82.36
Nike Air Lifetime Miles: 10.00
Saucony Lifetime Miles: 508.16
Brooks Ravena Lifetime Miles: 117.75
Asic (orange) Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.0010.0015.00
Asic Nimbus 8 Miles: 4.00Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 5.00Asic Speedstar -ES09 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 188.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.003.004.00

Well, this was my first run in the past 4 days. My wife went to visit her sister for the weekend, so I got the opportunity to see what being a single parent is like. So, like any father of 7 and 8 year old boys...what did I do? I bought the boys a go-kart. Yes, a little spontaneous, but I had to follow through with something that slipped out of my mouth. Something about how when I was a boy, I always wanted a go-kart...and I saw the little gears turning in their little heads. And before you know it, we were buying a go kart. We spent the majority of the weekend riding around our property making trails. The goats didn't seem to mind too much....anyways we had a blast and...it seems like I have a new tool for getting them to do their chores. "No riding until your room is clean" ...until the dishes are put away... genius".

Anyways, today's run was a short one with Darin just after a thunderstorm passed. It wasn't too bad. We got progressively faster.

80F, cloudy, humid, S10

7:53, 7:38, 7:25, 6:44

AP: 7:25

Asic Nimbus 8 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 188.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

After an evening of continuous tornado warnings, rain, and hail, it was good to see the light of day and and run intervals with Darin. I forgot my watch, so I had to keep up with Darin and use his.

1 mile warmup - 8:30

800m - side wind - 2:50

2.5 min recovery

400m - 1:20

2.5 min recovery

200m - 0:40

2.5 min recovery, then turned around and headed in other direction. Wind was from the side, but slightly from behind. Much better.

800m - 2:48

2.5 min recovery

400m - 1:15

2.5 min recovery

200m - 0:37

1.2 mile recovery jog back to work

80F, W10, sunny

Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 188.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.005.006.00

Lunchtime 6-mile progressive run w/ Dave and Darin. Started out with a 8:30 mile, then sped up from there, finishing into the wind with a 6:48.

75F, NW10, Sunny, 45% humidity

AP: 7:24

Asic Speedstar -ES09 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.0010.0015.00
Asic Nimbus 8 Miles: 4.00Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 5.00Asic Speedstar -ES09 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 188.00
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